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"It was going fine for a long time and then we get this," added Jean, who blames the council for the issue.

"I was told it has been mis-reported. I don’t know if it is inefficiency or they don’t know what they are doing. It makes me so cross.

"I have a walking stick. We have been in and out of the Royal United Hospital because my husband has breathing problems. He also has a catheter.

"I do the gardening, cut the hedge and flowers etc. I try to do what I can.

"They collected the black bin but not this one. The longer it stays, the smellier it gets."

Jean said she was "relieved" when the bin was collected but a council spokesman said they can't be sure where fault lies over the error.

A spokesman for Bath and North East Somerset Council said: "The initial missed collection report was logged as kerbside rather than garden waste and therefore the garden waste crew were not asked to return.

"However, following a follow up call from the resident the garden waste was collected last Thursday.

"It was initially logged as a kerbside collection, but it’s unclear whether the resident or the person who took the complaint made the error."

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